Chapter Summaries

Li Tianming discovered that Lin Xiaoxiao was his neighbor in the Ancient Theocrats and rescued her from Fu Bo’s accusation and coercion. After driving Fu Bo away, he confronted Lin Xiaoxiao, who reacted to him with fear and disbelief.

• Li Tianming heard a familiar voice next door and realized that the black-clad girl being pressured by Fu Bo was Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Fu Bo accused Lin Xiaoxiao of stealing the Nine Suns Sword and demanded that she join the Dragon Martial Alliance or face the Hall of Judgment.
• Li Tianming snatched the Nine Suns Sword, struck Fu Bo’s lackeys, and wounded Fu Bo with the Myriad Tribulations Sword.
• Fu Bo withdrew and ordered his lackeys to investigate Lin Feng, identifying him as Lin Xiaoxiao’s neighbor.
• Li Tianming approached the frightened Lin Xiaoxiao and demanded to know why she had come to the Ancient Theocrats.

Li Tianming confronted Lin Xiaoxiao over her sudden rise in power and discovered she had a dangerous black lifebound beast. He spared her while monitoring her, and learned that Wu You had killed her loved ones and wanted her to obtain “your eyes” at the Tianyuan Sect; Lin Xiaoxiao and Li Tianming then prepared to cultivate on the Azure Star Ancient Path.

• Li Tianming pinned Lin Xiaoxiao against a wall and demanded to know how she had gained her power, but released her when her helplessness reminded him of Mu Qingqing.
• Li Tianming discovered Lin Xiaoxiao’s black, dragon-like lifebound beast, which she said had come through the Blood God Contract after her other beasts died.
• Lin Xiaoxiao refused to explain her fortuitous encounter, and Li Tianming spared her for two days so he could observe her instead of killing her.
• In the cultivation chamber, Wu You urged Lin Xiaoxiao to kill Li Tianming, but she rejected its hatred and said she would enter the Tianyuan Sect to obtain “your eyes” for it.
• Two hours later, Lin Xiaoxiao asked Li Tianming to join her in cultivating on the Azure Star Ancient Path, and he agreed.

Li Tianming traveled with Lin Xiaoxiao to the Azure Star Ancient Road, where she explained the Primordial Theocracy’s cultivation inheritance, the Life-Death Tribulation Realm, and the rival disciple alliances. When he entered the ancient road, its countless stars trembled as if recognizing him as their emperor.

• Li Tianming questioned Lin Xiaoxiao about revenge and the Azure Star Ancient Road as they traveled toward its entrance.
• Lin Xiaoxiao explained how the ancient road preserves predecessors’ Heavenly Will and described the twelve Life-Death Tribulations and the unusual inheritance of Heaven Yuan disciples.
• Lin Xiaoxiao told Li Tianming that Human Yuan Sect alliances were recruiting for an approaching Alliance War, whose first-ranked leader could enter the Heaven Yuan Cauldron.
• Li Tianming presented his disciple token and entered the Azure Star Ancient Road with Lin Xiaoxiao, seeing a vast starry sky above a seven-colored path.
• The stars trembled when Li Tianming stepped onto the ancient road, as though their emperor had arrived.

Li Tianming discovered that the Azure Star Ancient Road’s Starlight Providence fused into his Imperial Providence, rapidly advancing his cultivation. After five days, he reached the seventh level of the Saint Realm of Heaven, and Jian Wuyi appeared at his courtyard.

• Li Tianming entered the Azure Star Ancient Road and drew more than a hundred strands of Starlight Providence, astonishing Lin Xiaoxiao and the other disciples.
• Li Tianming realized that Starlight Providence could support his Imperial Providence, then fused with and absorbed the stars as he observed their predecessors’ cultivation paths.
• Li Tianming used the Azure Star Ancient Road for five days, absorbing more than five hundred strands and advancing his Imperial Providence to the seventh level of the Saint Realm of Heaven.
• Li Tianming formally reached the seventh level of the Saint Realm of Heaven and considered seeking Life-and-Death Tribulation Realm battle arts without spending time on sect missions.
• Jian Wuyi, the Human Origin Sect Master, unexpectedly appeared in Li Tianming’s courtyard.

Jian Wuyi delivered Jiang Feiling’s gift of one billion saint crystals to Li Tianming, who then spent time with his lifebound beasts and Lin Xiaoxiao. He used Lanhuang’s rough play with Lin Xiaoxiao’s Bloodsoul Thunderhell Demonic Dragon to probe her secrets, then had her lead him to Ancient Style Street, where they stopped at Everstable Pavilion.

• Jian Wuyi handed Li Tianming a Sumeru Ring containing one billion saint crystals and a note from Jiang Feiling promising him a monthly allowance.
• Li Tianming celebrated his new wealth with his lifebound beasts and resolved to work harder so Jiang Feiling would have fewer worries.
• Lanhuang repeatedly headbutted Lin Xiaoxiao’s Bloodsoul Thunderhell Demonic Dragon after Li Tianming encouraged the beasts to play, while Yinghuo teased them.
• Li Tianming suspected Lin Xiaoxiao had used the demonic beast to flee the Vermilion Bird Kingdom and planned to keep testing her by bringing Lanhuang around it.
• Li Tianming asked Lin Xiaoxiao to guide him to Ancient Style Street, and they arrived at Everstable Pavilion.

Li Tianming visited Yongding Pavilion with Lin Xiaoxiao and bought a powerful Life-and-Death Battle Art after proving he could pay its price in holy crystals. Xuanyuan Xixi and Fu Bo planned to frame him for stealing it and attack him after he left.

• Lin Xiaoxiao explained that battle art jade slips granted the right to cultivate sect battle arts and that Yongding Pavilion sold Life-and-Death Battle Arts.
• Li Tianming ignored the shopkeepers’ mockery and produced a mountain of holy crystals to show he could afford a Life-and-Death Battle Art.
• Xuanyuan Xixi consulted her second brother, who agreed to sell Li Tianming a battle art despite the approaching alliance battle.
• Fu Bo recognized Li Tianming as the man who had ruined his attempt to seize the Nine Yang Sword and asked Xuanyuan Xixi for help taking revenge.
• Xuanyuan Xixi and Fu Bo plotted to accuse Li Tianming of stealing his purchase and beat him, while Li Tianming selected a battle art worth three hundred tribulation crystals.
• Li Tianming paid three hundred million holy crystals and left Yongding Pavilion with the battle art and its jade slip.

Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao were confronted by Xuanyuan Xixi, Fu Bo, and their allies, who accused him of stealing a Life-and-Death Battle Art. Li Tianming sent Lin Xiaoxiao out of harm’s way and fought the group, leaving the battle underway as he and his lifebound beasts gained the upper hand.

• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao hurried through the Human Origin Sect’s forest as winter approached.
• Xuanyuan Xixi and her companions caught up with them, and Fu Bo accused Li Tianming of stealing their Life-and-Death Battle Art.
• Xuanyuan Xixi ordered her group to attack Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao, while Lin Xiaoxiao explained that disciples relied on powerful families to advance.
• Li Tianming shoved Lin Xiaoxiao clear of the fight and unleashed Yinghuo, Miaomiao, and Lanhuang against the seven attackers and their lifebound beasts.
• Li Tianming struck Fu Bo with the Nine Suns Sword, while Lanhuang trapped opponents in an Azure Sea Prison and Miaomiao unleashed lightning across the battlefield.

Li Tianming defeated Xuanyuan Xixi and her followers, then killed Fu Bo when he threatened Lin Xiaoxiao. After Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao left, Xuanyuan Xixi led Fu Bo’s uncle to Li Tianming’s residence to seek revenge.

• Li Tianming and his three lifebound beasts defeated Xuanyuan Xixi’s subordinates and overwhelmed her, while she boasted of her status and threatened him.
• Li Tianming beat Xuanyuan Xixi, knocked out her teeth, and spared her life after warning her not to provoke him again.
• Fu Bo held Lin Xiaoxiao at swordpoint and demanded that Li Tianming cripple himself, so Li Tianming killed Fu Bo with a burst of Sword Qi.
• Li Tianming grabbed Lin Xiaoxiao and hurried away from the scene with her.
• Xuanyuan Xixi brought Fu Bo’s uncle and a crowd to Li Tianming’s residence, and Fu Bo’s uncle flew into the courtyard.

Li Tianming used the Human Origin Sacred Token to force Fu Yonghuan to back down, then kicked Xuanyuan Xixi away when she came looking for him. Meanwhile, Wu You urged Lin Xiaoxiao to risk a dangerous infusion of its Heavenly Will so she could compete with Li Tianming, and Li Tianming began studying the Nine Nether Gods and Devils Claw.

• Li Tianming showed Fu Yonghuan the Human Origin Sacred Token, making him kneel, apologize for Fu Bo, and promise to keep the token secret.
• Fu Yonghuan left the courtyard and warned Xuanyuan Xixi that she had nearly gotten him killed; Li Tianming then kicked her out and shut the gates.
• Wu You told Lin Xiaoxiao that Li Tianming belonged to the Heaven-Stealing Clan and had come for the Primordial Evil Demon Eye, urging her to surpass him through a perilous Heavenly Will infusion.
• Lin Xiaoxiao resisted Wu You's threats to torment the souls of her loved ones and warned that Wu You would die a miserable death.
• Li Tianming took out the Nine Nether Gods and Devils Claw, a life-and-death battle art worth three hundred million sacred crystals.

Li Tianming studied the Nine Nether Gods and Devils Claw and found that his experience with the Myriad Ages Ten Directions Grand Life Tribulation helped him understand Death Tribulation battle arts. Meanwhile, Xuanyuan Xixi pressured her Second Brother to avenge her, and the chapter ended with Lin Xiaoxiao apparently breaking through to the Ancient Saint Realm.

• Li Tianming and Yinghuo began studying the Nine Nether Gods and Devils Claw, which Li Tianming planned to combine with his soul tribulation servant and other powers.
• Li Tianming reflected on how his experience with the Myriad Ages Ten Directions Grand Life Tribulation aided his grasp of the battle art’s life-and-death principles.
• Xuanyuan Xixi complained to her Second Brother about her injuries, but he warned her that Fu Yonghuan had urged him not to provoke Lin Feng.
• Xuanyuan Xixi threatened to reveal her Second Brother’s crime involving their cousin, and he reluctantly agreed to think of a way to help her.
• A day later, Li Tianming noticed spiritual energy surging toward Lin Xiaoxiao and wondered whether she had become an Ancient Saint.

Li Tianming discovered that Lin Xiaoxiao’s dangerous cultivation breakthroughs left her near death, but she recovered and agreed to join a disciple alliance with him. With the Alliance War only days away, they headed for the Dragon Martial Alliance’s Green Maple Branch so Li Tianming could seek a steward position.

• Li Tianming found Lin Xiaoxiao unconscious and badly injured after she broke through to the Ancient Saint Realm, carried her to his residence, and used Miaomiao to keep her warm.
• Lin Xiaoxiao recovered and left, while Li Tianming cultivated until deep winter and advanced to the eighth level of the Saint Realm of Heaven.
• Li Tianming found Lin Xiaoxiao collapsed again after another breakthrough and learned she had reached the second level of the Ancient Saint Realm.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao agreed to join a disciple alliance before the Alliance War and chose the Dragon Martial Alliance despite its ties to Xuanyuan Xixi.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao set out for the Green Maple Branch, where Li Tianming planned to seek a steward position.

Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao went to the Azure Maple Branch to join the Dragon Martial Alliance and seek Steward positions, where they encountered Xuanyuan Xixi and her allies. Li Tianming accepted a challenge for a Steward seat, and Gu Qingyin stepped forward to fight him.

• Li Tianming considered the Dragon Martial Alliance hierarchy and aimed to become its alliance leader to gain unrestricted access to the Radiant Star Ancient Path.
• At the Azure Maple Branch, Gu Qingyao welcomed Xuanyuan Xixi and praised her brother Gu Qingyin, who revealed that Divine Master Ji Bei had agreed to take him as a disciple.
• A disciple reported that Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao had arrived to join the alliance and seek Steward positions, prompting Xuanyuan Xixi to recognize them as her enemies.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao tried to leave after spotting Xuanyuan Xixi, but she ordered disciples to surround them.
• Gu Qingyao allowed them to join and explained that Li Tianming could earn a Steward position by defeating an existing Steward.
• Gu Qingyin accepted Li Tianming's challenge as the Azure Maple Branch disciples watched.

Li Tianming defeated Gu Qingyin and secured his Dragon Martial Alliance deacon token, then helped Lin Xiaoxiao enter the trial to become a deacon. Lin Xiaoxiao won her match with the help of her formidable Bloodsoul Thunderhell Demon Dragon.

• Gu Qingyin attacked Li Tianming with his Sorrowful Dawn Green Wasp and Azure Nether Bone Spikes, but Li Tianming defeated him and badly injured his legs.
• Gu Qingyao appeared to help Gu Qingyin, then gave Li Tianming a Dragon Martial Alliance deacon token that doubled his daily time on the Azure Star Ancient Path.
• Li Tianming asked Gu Qingyao to let Lin Xiaoxiao try for a deacon position, and Lin Xiaoxiao volunteered to be tested.
• Lin Xiaoxiao fought a third-level Ancient Saint Realm disciple while riding her Bloodsoul Thunderhell Demon Dragon and supporting it with arrows from her bow.
• Lin Xiaoxiao and her demon dragon defeated their opponent, impressing Li Tianming with the beast's strength.

Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao attended the Dragon Martial Alliance meeting, where they witnessed its abusive hierarchy and escaped an attempt to force Lin Xiaoxiao to serve the Alliance Master. After Gu Qingyao and Gu Shaoyu ordered them killed, a bloodthirsty woman in green confronted them in the snow.

• Lin Xiaoxiao received a deacon token after reaching the Ancient Saint realm, while Gu Qingyao and Xuanyuan Xixi plotted with Xuanyuan Ganggang to poison Li Tianming.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao went to Dragon Martial Hall for the Alliance Battle meeting and saw Xuanyuan Yufeng preside over the Dragon Martial Alliance.
• Li Tianming spotted Xia Xia putting powder in his wine and switched their cups, then left with Lin Xiaoxiao when Gu Shaoyu tried to make the female stewards entertain the Alliance Master.
• Gu Shaoyu ordered Gu Qingyao to cripple Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao and bring them to his residence, while Xia Xia collapsed after drinking the poisoned wine.
• As Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao walked through the midnight snow, a bloodthirsty woman in green appeared, and Li Tianming admitted he was a murderous demon king.

Li Tianming faced Gu Qingyao, who sought revenge for her younger brother and attacked with a tribulation artifact and the strength of her Ancient Saint Golden Body. After she shattered his Nine Suns Sword and summoned her two hundred-star lifebound beasts, Li Tianming revealed the Eastern Emperor Sword and charged with his three beasts.

• Gu Qingyao confronted Li Tianming in the snow, while Lin Xiaoxiao stood aside with a bow and arrow ready.
• Gu Qingyao attacked with the Snow Sun Sword and her Thirteen Swords of Blinding Snow, using her fourth-level Ancient Saint Golden Body to overpower Li Tianming.
• Gu Qingyao’s Snow Sun Sword shattered Li Tianming’s Nine Suns Sword, and she summoned her two hundred-star butterfly lifebound beasts.
• Li Tianming revealed the Eastern Emperor Sword, summoned his three lifebound beasts, and charged Gu Qingyao as the Imperial Domain Sword Emperor Barrier appeared.

Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao killed Gu Qingyao and her two lifebound butterflies, turning their conflict with the Dragon Martial Alliance into an open feud. At the banquet, Gu Shaoyu learned of Gu Qingyao’s death and decided to handle the matter himself rather than report it to the Judgment Hall.

• Gu Qingyao’s butterflies attacked Li Tianming and his beasts with icy barriers, sleep-inducing abilities, and illusions, but Li Tianming’s Soul Tower protected his mind.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao wounded the Shadow Butterfly in the Wind with a starfield attack and a hidden arrow, prompting Gu Qingyao to attack Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Li Tianming blocked Gu Qingyao’s strike, then used his Dark Arm’s claw to tear off her arm while Lin Xiaoxiao shot an arrow through her chest.
• Li Tianming killed Gu Qingyao with the Snow Sun Sword, then joined his beasts in killing both fleeing butterflies before leaving with Lin Xiaoxiao.
• At the Dragon Martial Hall banquet, Gu Shaoyu learned that Gu Qingyao had been killed and refused to report the crime to the Judgment Hall, saying they would settle it themselves.

After Gu Qingyao’s death, the Dragon Martial Alliance searched for Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao, but they evaded capture and went to Ancient Wind Street. Li Tianming bought the tribulation artifact White Night, then learned the Sword King Alliance’s leader, Jian Xueyi, wanted to meet him.

• Gu Shaoyu and Xuanyuan Ganggang argued over Gu Qingyao’s death before Xuanyuan Yufeng ordered them to bring Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao in for questioning.
• Gu Shaoyu and Xuanyuan Ganggang searched Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao’s residence but found no one.
• Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao went to Ancient Wind Street so Li Tianming could replace his broken Nine Sun Sword.
• Li Tianming bought White Night, a sharp tribulation artifact, and arranged to take its Sword Qi pool with him.
• Little Lu revealed that he recognized Li Tianming as Gu Qingyao’s killer and offered to take him to meet Jian Xueyi.

Li Tianming bound the tribulation artifact White Night Sword and left the Snow Ritual Sword Pavilion, where Gu Shaoyu and Xuanyuan Ganggang confronted him over Gu Qingyao’s death. Jian Xueyi arrived and declared Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao members of the Sword King Alliance, leaving the Dragon Martial Alliance’s men unable to take him away.

• Li Tianming bound White Night Sword to himself and tested its dazzling power before Little Lu escorted him toward the Sword King Hall.
• Gu Shaoyu and Xuanyuan Ganggang confronted Li Tianming and demanded that he come with them, accusing him of killing Gu Qingyao.
• Gu Shaoyu tried to seize Li Tianming, but disciples from the Snow Ritual Sword Pavilion blocked his way.
• Jian Xueyi arrived with Sword King Alliance members, denied her alliance’s involvement in Gu Qingyao’s death, and announced that Li Tianming and Lin Xiaoxiao had joined her alliance.
• Jian Xueyi made Li Tianming a helmsman and refused to hand him over, prompting Gu Shaoyu and Xuanyuan Ganggang to threaten the Sword King Alliance and leave.

Li Tianming joined the Sword King Alliance and gained greater access to the Azure Star Ancient Path as he prepared for the Alliance Battle. Meanwhile, an assassin targeted Jiang Feiling at the Spiritburn Palace, where Fang Qingli and an azure phoenix protected her.

• Jian Xueyi welcomed Li Tianming into the Sword King Alliance, gave him a branch master token, and told him to await orders for the Alliance Battle in seven days.
• Li Tianming used his new token to cultivate for an hour and a half on the Azure Star Ancient Path, studying Xuanyuan Yin's Tyrannical Heavenly Intent alongside Lin Xiaoxiao.
• Jiang Feiling grew restless in the Spiritburn Palace and wondered whether to summon Li Tianming from the Human Origin Sect.
• A blood-colored lightning arrow struck toward Jiang Feiling, but the azure phoenix intercepted it and was gravely wounded.
• Fang Qingli reassured Jiang Feiling, and Fang Taiqing arrived and asked whether his mother was safe.

After an assassin targeted Jiang Feiling, the Primordial Divine Sect tightened her security and feared the eight Divine Realms were conspiring against her. Li Tianming was summoned to see her, and she arranged for him to study the Six Paths Sword Enlightenment Stone with her, giving them a way to meet again under strict guard.

• An attacker shot at Jiang Feiling, and Fang Qingli was injured while shielding her; the assassin escaped.
• Fang Taiqing and Xuanyuan Dao suspected the attacker had ties to the Duality Demon Sect but might be an insider, then increased protection around Jiang Feiling.
• Li Tianming left Lin Xiaoxiao and followed Jian Wuyi to the Blazing Spirit Palace after learning Jiang Feiling had been attacked.
• Li Tianming saw Jiang Feiling safe, but Fang Qingli and Xuanyuan Dao remained beside her and prevented them from approaching each other.
• Jiang Feiling invited Li Tianming to study the Six Paths Sword Enlightenment Stone with her and said he could return if he showed exceptional comprehension.